Chilling Tales #14 FR/GD 1.5 1953 For Sale

4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover oxidation.

This is a low grade item. The story will be complete and readable, but the item itself will have low eye appeal and will display major damage. Allowed defects for this grade include: non-story elements such as coupons, ad pages, or Marvel Value Stamps cut or torn out of the book; spine split of up to 2/3 the length of the book; a missing back cover provided the front cover is still attached; severe water damage, residue, mold, or paper deterioration due to oxidation; vertical book-length crease; detached cover or centerfold; writing or other marks on the cover; major tears; discoloration, staining, or brittleness.

Cover by Matt Fox. Stories and art by Harry Harrison, Joe Galotti and Bob Baer. Tales of pre-Code horror from Youthful Magazines. A horror story based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's classic poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," as a sailor's curse follows him home. A man thrown into a snake-pit by his parents somehow survives, and learns the truth about a subterranean race of snake-people descended from the snake in the Garden of Eden. Or was it all a hallucination born of madness? Cover art by noted artist Matt Fox, better known for his covers of pulp magazines such as Weird Tales. The Ancient Mariner; The Smell of Death; Don't Wear That Suit; The Snake Pit. 36 pages, Full Color.

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